Flaunden

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.697602
longitude= -0.527577
official_name= Flaunden
population=
shire_district= Dacorum
shire_county = Hertfordshire
region= East of England
static_

static_image_caption=St Mary Magdalene Church, Flaunden
FireandRescue= Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
constituency_westminster= South West Hertfordshire
post_town=
postcode_district = HP3
postcode_area= HP
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= TL017009

Flaunden is a village in Hertfordshire, England on the Bucks/Herts border. Old Flaunden was on the banks of the River Chess in Buckinghamshire but owing to constant flooding was moved up the hill into Hertfordshire in the early 19th century. [ [http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads/publications/ChessValleyWalk.pdf A tourist pamphlet of the Chess Valley] ] The new church at the top of the hill was built in 1838 and was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. [ [http://www.asms76.dsl.pipex.com/church.htm History of Flaunden Church] ]

Flaunden boasts two pubs, The Bricklayers Arms and The Green Dragon.

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